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Javitch Block Rathbone Collections

Javitch, Block and Rathbone, LLP is a predominant Ohio based law firm that specializes in collections.  They are the fourth largest collection law firm in the country.  Their offices are located in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus Ohio and they service a three state radius including Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.  Most often their clients include banks and credit unions, department stores, credit card companies, medical billing companies, insurance companies and rental companies. 

According to their website, Javitch uses highly specialized and aggressive techniques to collect money for their clients.  They have a team of highly experienced personal that work diligently to get the job done.  Each team member specializes in a particular area of collections to allow for the most promising results.  They are trained to use highly effective collection techniques such as skip tracing.  One of the reasons the law firm is so popular, is that it allows its’ clients to skip the middle man.  Companies seeking to collect past due money from faulty clients can avoid fees and the time that bills are held up in traditional collection agencies. 

Once Javitch receives a collection case, they analyze the situation and take immediate action.  Each case in handled individually.  With knowledge and experience the Javitch team of attorneys, collection specialists and other personal are easily able to determine which collection technique will work best with each case.  They then go to work to locate, contact and collect the amount due. 



Javitch is active in, and belongs to a variety of professional organizations that add to its’ repertoire.  These include The National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, Commercial Law League of America and The American Collectors Association. 

Javitch, Block and Rathbone, LLP also has many well known clients including Chase Manhattan Bank, Toyota Motor Credit and General Electric Capital Corporation.  Their clients have helped Javitch to be recognized and rewarded for their top notch performance. 

On the flip side, it is important to note that Javitch Collections is not accredited by the Better Business Bureau.  Not only are they not accredited, but their Better Business Bureau ranking is only a C-.  The BBB reports that over the last 36 months they have received 39 complaints with 35 of those complaints being of billing or collections issues.  In one such complaint the BBB shows that Javitch has refused to respond.  Keep in mind that these complaints could be coming from unhappy customers of the clients that Javitch represents, not their actual clients. 

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Forced into bankruptcy (Guest) - I received a letter in July from them on an old capital one account.  I tried to set up a payment plan through a credit counseling agency and they returned every payment, refusing to accept anything less than the entire balance.  Then in September, I received a letter from an entirely different company saying they owned the Capital One account.  I repeatedly tried to find out if Javitch or this new company owned the account and who I should communicate with and arrange payment with.  Javitch refused to answer my inquires (I made over 10) and now they filed a motion to garnish my wages.  I am now filing bankruptcy.  They are aggressive, if you receive communication that they own an account, don't bother working with them.  Go straight to a bankruptcy attorney and file bankruptcy.  Javitch would rather you declare bankruptcy than work out a payment arrangement.
CDI Collection agency (Guest) - We have been doing collection for almost 15 years and offer much better rates and hirer collection rates than most law offices. Keep in mind most Law offices do not have a high enough volume to report to credit bureaus so while you may have legal action with a debtor they can still go out and get car, home, and credit card loans.